akashiver | Sartorial sadism

So I'm still slightly sick and still mostly grading.

But I took a break to watch Project Runway Canada, an alternate-reality version of Project Runway that is set in Canada and appears to be run by supervillains.

The first challenge was of the soul-destroying kind where designers were challenged to rob their peers of favorite clothing items and "redesign" them into a new outfit. (Cue terrified designers watching as precious, valuable clothing items are ruthlessly destroyed: "but... but... my leather jacket!" NOT ANYMORE IT ISN'T. BWA-HAHAHA!)

But people are still getting along too well. Time to switch the rules. Now designers can take back one (but only one) of their favorite items from their peers' worktable, leaving their peers with half of the fabric needed to complete their design. (Cue stressed-out designers watching aghast as half their planned outfit disappears. "But... now I have no pants to put on my model!" DO WE CARE? BWA-HAHAHA!)

The runway is dominated by Iman, who took a break from threatening the earth with asteroids to threaten designers instead. Seriously, she looks like she could snap these people in half. "There issss no immunity in REAL LIFE!" she tells one designer, eyes flashing. Heidi may be cold, but Iman seems like she will happily kill people on camera if they annoy her. Probably by throwing them into a vat of acid.

PR Canada should just go all out and embrace its evil overlords. Its lamest moments ar when it tried to ape the American Project Runway, with its founts of Tim Gunn old-school rationality. Well, forget that! I want to see Canadian designers stab each other with scissors. I want the judges to don costumes and eliminate contestants using lasers.

It could happen, I tell you. It could still happen.

Faster, designers! Kill! Kill!